Debt cancellation

The whole tone of US diplomacy merely convinced Saddam Hussein that the United States was likely to remain neutral whenever he sought to resolve his dispute with the Emir. Five days later Saddam launched 100,000 troops and 300 tanks into Kuwait, prompting Emir Jaber al Ahmad al Sabah and the bulk of his family to flee for safety. In vowing that the Iraqi aggression will not stand . President Bush was determined to deny Saddam the fruits of his conquest, including the cancellation of war debts, access to additional oil production capacity of 2 million barrels per day, over 100 billion-worth of assets, and vast oil reserves that... 

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